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(NoModel.)

C. J. EHBETS.

REVOLVER.

Patented Aug. 5

UNTTED STATES PATnNT Orrrcn.

CARL J. EHBETS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO COLTS PATENT FIREARMS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

REVOLVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,135, dated August5, 1884.

(No model.)

o all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CARL J. EHBnTs, of

Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, haveinvented new Improvement-s in Revolvers; and I do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and theletters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification,

and represent, in-

Figure l, a side View; Fig. 2, a horizontal section; Fig. 3, a front endView; Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, detached views to illustrate theconstruction and operation of the improve nient.

This invention relates to an improvement in revolvers, with specialreference to the revolver known as Colts revolver,7 and in` 2O which thecylinder was arranged to receive the cartridges while standing in therecess in the frame, and so that the exploded shells or cartridges, ifthey be not exploded, may be ejected therefrom while the cylinderremained in the same position, the object of the invention being toconvert this class of revolvers into a swinging cylinder, whereby thestarejector may be applied thereto, the invention applicable to otherrevolvers of similar con- 3o struction; and the invention consists inthe construction, as hereinafter described, and more particularlyrecited in the claims.

A represents the frame, to the rear end of which the stock B is applied,and to the forward end the barrel C; D, the cylinder arranged in therecess in the frame. Through the frame, at the forward end, a spindle,a, is introduced concentric with the cylinder, prevented from rotationby one or more ribs on 4o the pin and corresponding grooves in theframe, as seen in Fig. 6. This pin is movable longitudinally in theframe, as from the position in Fig. 2 to that in Fig. 4. To the inner orrear end of this spindle a the center-pin b is connected by a link, cZ,the link hinged, re-

spectively, to the rear end of the spindle a and to the forward end ofthe center-pin b, as seen in Fig. 2, the center-pin extending throughthe cylinder and into a corresponding recess 5o inthe frame at the rear,as at e.

j' is the ejector, of usual star shape, (see Fig. 8,) and on the rearface of this is the usual ratchet, g. The ejector f is formed upon orattached to a tubular sleeve, h, surrodnding the centerpin, andextending through the cylinder, as seen in Fig. 2. The outer surface ofthe sleeve h is polygonal shape, and the opening through the cylinder ofcorresponding shape, so that the cylinder, sleeve, the ejector, andratchet thereto attached will rotate together and upon the center-pin bas the axis of such rotation, and so that, when standing in the positionseen in Fig. 2, the cylinder may be rotated on the center-pin in theusual manner.

To the forward end of the spindle a a handle, t', is attached, by whichthe spindle, to` gether with the eenterpin, may be drawn forward intothe position seen in Fig. 4, and so as to withdraw the ccnter-pin fromits scat at the rear. In this condition the cylinder may be turnedoutward from its recess in the frame, the hinge between the een ter-pinand the spindle permitting it so to be turned, and as indicated inbroken lines, Fig. 4, and into a posi- 5 tion, if necessary, atsubstantially right angles to the axis Aof the barrel. The rear end ofthe center-pin is a little larger in diameter than its body forward, andin this head is a longitudinal slot, Z, as seen in Fig. 7, and which,atits extreme rear end, turns at right angles, as at m, Fig. 7. Theinternal diameter of the sleeve 7L corresponds to the diameter of thehead 7c, except at its extreme forward end, where it is ofthe diameterof the spindle, and so that the sleeve takes a bearing upon the head atthe rear and upon the body of the spindle forward. In the sleeve is astud, a, projecting inward and near its forward end. After the cylinderhas been turned from its place in the frame', as seen in Fig. 4, it isthen drawn from the spindle, as seen in Fig. 5, nntil the stud n entersthe slot Z and arrives at the extreme rear end of that slot. Then thefurther withdrawal of the cylinder will be prevented. At that time thecylinder is turned upon the center-pin until the stud u enters theright-angular part m of the slot. Then the sleeve is engaged with thecenter-pin independent of the cylinder, and so that the cyln inder maythen be moved onto the center-pin, pin b,hinged to said spindle,andextending into as seen in broken lines, Fig. 5, away from the sleeve andejector, and so that the cartridges or shells in the cylinder will beejected in the usual manner, as by star-ejectors. Then the cylinder maybe drawn rearward until it returns to its position upon the ejector, asseen -in Fig. 5. Then returning the cylinder,to take the stud n from thenotch m, the cylinder and sleeve may be returned to the positionindicated in broken lines, Fig. 4, and then returned upon its hinge andinto its place in the frame, and when so returned the spindle a is movedrearward, taking t-he center-pin into its bearing at the rear end of theframe, as before. y

To lock the spindle and center-pin in their rear position, the handle zis formed as by a sleeve, r, on the forward end of the spindle, and soas to be permitted a partial rotation on the spindle. The sleeve iscylindrical, eX- cept at one side, s, which is cut away, and whenstanding as seen inFigs. l and 10 the cylindrical part stands in anotch, t, inthe barrel, and which makes such engagement with the barrelas to prevent forward movement, but turned upward from that position, asindicated in broken lines, Fig. l0. The cutaway side of the sleevepermits it to escape from the notch in the barrel,'and so that it may bemovedl forward, as before described, and as seen in Fig. 4, and brokenlines, Fig. l. On the barrel, forward of the spindle, is a shoulder orstop, u, which limits the forward movement of the spindle, so as tobring the hinge into the proper position for turning the cylinder fromits place in the frame. On the side of the frame from which the cylinderturns a recess, o, is cut, as indicated in brokenlines,Fig.1,and as seenin Figs. 4 and 5, into which the center pin turns as the cylinder isturned from its place inthe frame. This recess permits the cylinder toswing forward as it is turned from its place in the frame, and so thatits rear end may escape from the recoil-plate at the rear.

I claiml. In a revolver, vthe combination of the spindle a, in the frameiorward of the cylinder, and in axial line therewith, the center-- arecess in the frameat the rear as a support for its rear end, thecylinder D, and the sleeve 7L, arranged concentricall y in saidcylinder,

and so as to take a bearing on the center-pin,

said sleeve carrying the ejector f and the ratchet g, and free forlongitudinal movement within the cylinder and on the center-pin, saidsleeve and center-pinconstructed,substantially as described, forengagement the one with the other, and so as to .permit longitudinalmovement of the cylinder independent of the spinv' dle and ejector,substantially as described. f-

2. The combination of the spindle a, arranged in the frame forward ofthe cylinder,

and in axial line therewith, constructed for engagement withthe frame toprevent rotation of the spindle, the center-pin b, its rear endconstructed to enter a corresponding recess in the frame at the rear,and at its forward end hinged to the rear endvof the spindle abyv alink, d, the sleeve 7L, arranged upon the center-pin and carrying theejector f and ratchet g, the outer surface of the sleeve of polygonalshape, and the cylinder D, having an opening through it corresponding tothe exterior of the sleeve h, and so as to move longitudinally thereon,the sleeve and center-pin constructed for engagement with each other atthe eXtreme `rear movement of the sleeve o n the center-pin, whereby alongitudinal movement of the cylinder may be madeindependent of thesleeve and ejector, substantially as described.

3. The combination ofthe spindle a., arranged in the frame forward ofthe cylinder in axial line therewith, and constructed for lon gitudinalmovement, but so as to prevent its n rotation, the sleeve r, hung uponthe forward end of said spindle, one side of said sleeve r cut away, andthe frame constructed with a corresponding notch, the sleeve alsoprovided with a handle, i, the center-pin b, hinged to said spindle a,the sleeve h, carrying the ejector f and ratchet g, and the cylinder D,all substantially as and for the purpose described.

CARL J. RHRErs Witnesses:

EDwD. J. MURPHY, ALEXANDER K. MoCoRKELL.

